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It has been a long, tepid recovery for the U.S. economy since the financial crisis nearly cratered the housing market and banking system. Wage and economic growth have been weak, but the U.S. added a net of 2.7 million jobs last year, the second best performance since 1999. The unemployment rate is down to 4.9% or half its peak of 10% in 2009.

Cape Coral, FL (credit: age fotostock/Alamy Stock Photo)

Employment gains have slowed in 2016, which is a trend that is expected to continue over the next couple of years. But there are pockets of the U.S. that will experience out-sized growth over that time with Florida leading the way. The Sunshine State is home to five of the 10 metro areas projected to add the most jobs through 2018, according to forecasts from Moody’s Analytics. “Florida is well known to be boom-bust, and right now it is in a multi-year upsurge,” says Edward Friedman, an economist who tracks Florida for Moody’s Analytics.

Leading the way is the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. It is expected to add jobs at a 3.9% annual rate compared to 1.4% for the national average. Much of the expected gains are centered around hospitality and real estate jobs. Cape Coral has had the second highest rate of net migration in the country over the past five years as retirees and job seekers head south. Fort Myers gets a boost each February and March as the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.

Projected job growth is one of 14 metrics Forbes considers as part of its annual look at the Best Places for Business and Careers. Many Florida locales are expecting employment gains, but no Florida metro cracked the top 25 Best Places overall. Orlando was the top Florida spot at No. 28 and the only one in the top 50. Many of the Florida areas suffer from a lack of highly-educated millennials.

Arizona is home to two of the metros with rapid employment growth on the horizon, per Moody’s Analytics. Tuscon is No. 5 at 3.3% annually, while Phoenix clocks in at No. 8 with a per-year average of 3.1%.

Demographics and migration patterns in Arizona are similar to what is happening in Florida as baby boomers retire to warmer climates fueling real estate expansion along with hospitality gains. Arizona also has a relatively diverse private sector and offers a more affordable alternative to the high-priced business and living costs in California. Farmers Insurance announced plans this year to add 1,000 more jobs in Phoenix from its current 500. Phoenix has added nearly 20% more tech jobs over the past five years. Uber, and have all recently opened offices there.

Not all jobs are created equal. The median household income is around $50,000 or lower in most of the Florida metros expecting employment gains. The highest incomes among these top 10 areas for jobs are No. 10 Provo (3%) where the median income is $63,039 and No. 6 Dallas (3.2%) at $61,510. Provo and Dallas are the only top job spots that are in the top 10 of our Best Places study.